I thought it was the fact that people we getting their dreams coming true? Maybe it was the extracting the water of the people who's friends weren't nice enough to tell them they have no talent? Maybe it is the extraordinary talent that turns up year on year?

Those of you who know me will know my Recruiting background. Started in a Recruitment Agency, well fell into it, as we all do. Went to an in-house role for 8 years, somehow ended up back in Agency land again, and am now back in-house.

One of the things I learned whilst working in house was the utter despising of Recruiting Agencies by most people I came across, both from the business point of view and the candidates.…

I am an evolutionist. I love seeing things evolve, people, places, teams and functions. Looking back to 2002 (yep, all that way) when I first landed into the world of in-house Recruitment, it's interesting to see how things have changed as much as they have stayed the same.

I went in-house for the same reasons of many, I hated the agency land, whilst I enjoyed the cut and thrust as I am a competitive bugger, I struggled with the closing and ended up hating the fact that no…

When you were a kid did you ever play computer games? Had the obsession to get the top score and put 3 funny (or rude) letters on the leaderboard to commemorate your greatness? (Not that it happens now of course, I'm much more mature)

I can remember the adrenalin of almost getting there, seeing the glory, visualising the gloating to my mates as we all crowded around the big arcade game at the corner shop. Ahhh Galaga I miss you.

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Hi, my name is Kevin and I am the operations manager for a healthcare recruiting firm in Los Angeles, CA. I’m reaching out to you because you indicated on your profile that you were in healthcare staffing and possibly open to doing some splits. We have a lot of open job orders and offer a 50/50 fee split. Would you be open to discussing ways we could collaborate from time to time?

Hi Dan - yes with regards to the HRchitect web mingle, I think they are all recorded for future reference for those in the outland timezones (like me & you). Visit www.hrchitect.com and check the archives. Aloha!